We are delighted the Charity has funded portable 'Bili Blankets', which cost over £8,000 so parents can hold and feed their baby whilst they receive treatment.
When a newborn baby has jaundice, they need phototherapy. It's also essential to have skin-to-skin contact with their parents.
Without a 'Bili Blanket' baby needs to lay in their cot under a fixed phototherapy light, only removed briefly to be fed.
Before the unit had the blankets parents weren't able to hold and feed their baby as often which could cause them distress. Our funding demonstrates the type of big impact we can have on improving families experiences in the first days of their baby's life.
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